Basket liner



R. E. RUTLEDGE BASKET LINER Sept. 19, 1933.

Filed Dec. 19, 1 932 INVENTOR 05637 E. fz/f/adge g% 1 'ATZZJQNEYS Patented Sept. 19, 1933 STATES PATENT ()FFICE to Sutherland Paper Mich.

Company, Kalamazoo,

Application December 19, 1932 Serial No. 647,844

Claims.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved basket or receptacle liner which is very economical to produce and convenient to use and Well adapted for the packing of fruit and 5 adjusts itself to variations in the baskets or receptacles with which it is designed to be used.

Objects relating to details and economies of my invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view partially in section of a basket having one of my improved liners therein.

Fig. 2 is an inverted side elevation of my improved liner.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the break-out feature of my liner.

In the accompanying drawing, the basket or receptacle 1 is of the conventional straight-sided type of basket. My improved liner 2 is formed of a strip of heavy paper or light cardboard having 5 its ends 12 and 3 overlapped and secured together by wire stitches or staples 4.

The portions 5 into which the staple ends 6 are clinched are partially severed from the body of the strip by an annular series of slit-like perforations 7 providing disk-like portions 8 engaged by the staples which are readily fracturable from the main body of the liner along predetermined lines with the result that the liner is assembled as an endless band and may be shipped in the flat or in a collapsedposition and readily set up for use in the packing of'fruit so that the basket or receptacle may be inverted thereover and the whole reversed to upright position, the packing position being shown in Fig. 2, the face plate 40 commonly employed in packing not being illustrated.

In the event that the liner does not fit fairly close within the walls of the receptacle, the stress exerted by the contents thereon when the receptacle is inverted to upright position will fracture or break out the portions 8 allowing the liner ting up and packing, will accommodate itself to such variations as occur.

My improved liner is very economical to produce, is conveniently handled, and adjusts itself to the receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a basket liner formed of a fibrous strip of flexible material having overlapping ends joined by staples, the portions engaged by the staples at one end of the strip being surrounded by annular series of perforations whereby such portions are readily fracturable from the main body of the liner.

2. A basket or package liner comprising a flexible strip having overlapping ends, one end having a plurality of annular series of perforations therein providing disk-like break-out portions, the other end being secured to said break-out portions only.

3. A basket or package liner comprising a flexible strip having overlapping ends, one end having perforations therein providing a disk-like break-out portion, the other end being secured to said break-out portion only.

4. Releasable securing means for the overlapping ends of a paper basket liner, comprising in combination two spaced staples exclusively connecting said overlapping ends, and two breakout portions in one end, a portion for each staple, each portion being connected to the main body of the end by a weakened line closely encompassing the staple.

5. A basket liner having overlapping ends provided with spaced point connections and local breakout portions in one 'end for each connection.

ROBERT E. RUTLEDGE.

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